Stovepipe attachment.



Patented Apr. 8, I902.

J. JOY 8|. J. M. HORTON.

STOVEPIPE ATTACHMENT.

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(No Model.)

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UNTTE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES JOY AND JOHN M. DORTON, OF ORRICK, MISSOURI.

STOVEPIPE ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,977, dated April 8, 1902; I

Application filedfieptemher 16, 1901. Serial No. 75,539. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES lost and JOHN M. DORTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Orrick, in the county of Ray and State of Missouri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stovepipe attachments; and. the object of the same is to provide asimple, inexpensive, and effective device for application to a stovepipe whereby the elbow or joint may be securely held in connected relation to sections of a Stovepipe.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved attachment shown applied to a pipe'section and an elbow. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the devices shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of a clamp forming part of the invention.

Similar nu merals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numerals 1 and 2, respectively, designate vertical and horizontal sections of a Stovepipe, which are connected by an elbow 3. The improved attachment has been devised for locking the elbow and the pipe-sections together and comprises a clamp at, which is fitted. over the lower or vertical end of the elbow 3 and has the terminals thereof secured by means of a nut and bolt 5. Continuing from the clamp is a strap 6, the latter extending from the outer surface of the elbow and. for a short distance along the top of the horizontal pipe section 2. The horizontal portion 7 of the strap is provided with a series of upwardly-projecting lugs or teeth 8, which are adapted to individually project through an aperture 9, formed in the center of a second clamp 10, similar in construction to the clamp i and secured to the pipe-section 2. The parts of the second clamp 10 are terminally connected by a bolt and nut 11, and between the two bolts 5 and 11 an adjustable tie is interposed and comprises short rods 12 and 14, having their inner opposing terminals threaded and engaged by a turnbuckle 13. It will be seen that the tie can be adjusted to compensate for a variation in proximity of the clamps 4: and 10 in application to elbows and horizontal pipe-sections of different dimensions and at varying distances apart.

The strap 6 will be preferably shaped and conform to the contour of the surface of the elbow over which itextends, and its function is to prevent the pipe-sections 1 and 2 from tilting or swinging toward each other, and the adjustable tie obviates movement of the pipe-sections in an opposite direction. It will thus be seen that the two pipes and the elbow are securely held at an angle to each other and prevented from having movement or becoming displaced.

The improved attachment is extremely simple in construction and can be readily applied to all forms of Stovepipe now in use, and changes in the form, proportions, dimensions,

and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A device of the character described comprising a clamp, a strap thereto, a second clamp adjustably secured to the strap, and a tensioning device connecting the sides of the clamps opposite the strap.

2. The combination with an elbow, a pipesection engaging the same, of a clamp applied to the elbow at the end farthest removed from the pipe-section and having a strap extending upwardly over the elbow and a portion of the said section, the said strap being provided with a plurality of lugs, a second clamp on the pipe-section having adjustable engagement with the lugs on the strap, and an adjustable tie for connecting the two clamps.

3. A device of the class set forth comprising a strap provided with lugs at one extremity and a clamp at the opposite extremity, a second clamp having means for adjustably engaging the said lugs, and means for securing the terminals of the clamps, and an adjustable tie device for connecting the means securing the terminals of the clamps.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES JOY. JNO. M. DORTON.

WVitnesses:

S. D. BRADY, O. M. DONOVAN. 

